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Title: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 11, 2009, 09:31:05 pm: Ok, i know we are meant to love them and they are all good sorts but..............

it takes me 1 hour to cut my grass on a good day, however, its now taking me over 2 hours as i am having to stop to make sure i don't mow up any bees that are enjoying the wee flowers in my lawn

now, there comes a time when i'm just gonna lose it and mow them all down!!

come on bees, help me to help you and buzz off out of the grass - it's not like i've not planted enough flowers for you to play in!!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on July 11, 2009, 09:39:08 pm: Thats so funny,A grown man shoutting and stopping for bees on the lawn lol

Sorry for me laughting at you

but thanks for making me laught :)
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: rustyme on July 11, 2009, 09:44:14 pm: lol.. you could try cutting the grass earlier in the morning , before they venture out , or later in the evening , after they have settled down !!! either way .....problem solved !! Now you just have to fit everything else around mowing the lawn !!!! ::) ;D

cheers

Russ
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 11, 2009, 10:10:32 pm: Or do it more often so the flowers (clover in my case) doesn't get a chance to flower. I have the same problem, and it's even more difficult with a ride-on - try swerving round thirty or forty bees - my lawn is only half cut this time! I'd been away fro a week and it was hoaching with clover heads and daisies.
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 11, 2009, 10:22:55 pm: it's my own fault, i like it when the little flowers (mostly also clover) appear.

i know hte beasties like it and i like to encourage them - but surely they'll move when they see the green monster coming!!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: Rosemary on July 12, 2009, 11:51:38 am: I think Russ's suggestion is best. We let the clover flower especially for the bees and Dan also stops to move them on!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: cmorrell on July 12, 2009, 12:19:20 pm: That must be an incredibly amusing, or just perplexing, sight to watch someone stop mowing every few metres to shoo some bees away! ;D
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on July 12, 2009, 06:04:50 pm: I think this called for a you-tube video lol,
#you must have either dull bees or drunk ones as they always seems to move away when ever i walk towards them. But i only have a small area

Linz
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 12, 2009, 09:52:01 pm: The answer is a blindfold and put the foot down on the accelerator of the ride-on mower ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: kingnigel on July 13, 2009, 09:49:17 am: how would you get a blindfold on a bee ;D
kn
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: Tullywood Farm on July 13, 2009, 11:57:41 am: ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 13, 2009, 12:08:08 pm: never mind the blindfold, if anyone wants to give me a ride on mower, that would be great!!!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 13, 2009, 12:58:44 pm: Nip over and borrow mine Chris
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 13, 2009, 02:56:14 pm: OK, it's in the diary!!!

the future mrs SB will be delighted, she's been on at me for ages to get one!!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 13, 2009, 05:28:43 pm: Do you have a trailer?
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 13, 2009, 06:11:59 pm: i have a transit van - will it fit in that?
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: lara on July 13, 2009, 07:14:19 pm: What is it about men and ride on lawnmowers? my OH insists that when we move we WILL need a ride on . we will have a fairly big front lawn and a side lawn which will be planted with fruit trees. the seller is leaving his big petrol mower (included in the house price). the rest of the land (2.5 acres ) is rough grass - as in a field. my OH thinks that he is going to need to mow the whole field and thinks he can get a ride on mower to make it easier ...i would rather get some livestock personally or cut for hay as I think he would soon get fed up with spending 4 hours mowing....... any suggestions?
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 13, 2009, 07:15:06 pm: Quote from: sellickbhoy on July 13, 2009, 06:11:59 pm
i have a transit van - will it fit in that?

Should do - need ramps to drive it on though.
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: HappyHippy on July 13, 2009, 08:53:24 pm: Quote from: lara on July 13, 2009, 07:14:19 pm
What is it about men and ride on lawnmowers? my OH insists that when we move we WILL need a ride on . we will have a fairly big front lawn and a side lawn which will be planted with fruit trees. the seller is leaving his big petrol mower (included in the house price). the rest of the land (2.5 acres ) is rough grass - as in a field. my OH thinks that he is going to need to mow the whole field and thinks he can get a ride on mower to make it easier ...i would rather get some livestock personally or cut for hay as I think he would soon get fed up with spending 4 hours mowing....... any suggestions?

GET SOME SHEEP OR GOATS, MAYBE EVEN A WEE DEXTER COW - Don't even think aout mowing it !

I watched in amusement last weekend as our next door neighbour started to his field with a lawn mower (approx 2 acres) after mowing for an hour he'd not even covered a tenth of it. LOL! ::)
I've never understood people who move to the country, buy a couple of acres and then don't put animals on it ! Why would you want to do all that mowing - even with a ride on ?

But men & gadgets - that's just they way they are ! You've got my sympathies ;)
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: sellickbhoy on July 13, 2009, 09:36:55 pm: Quote from: lara on July 13, 2009, 07:14:19 pm
What is it about men and ride on lawnmowers?

it's the Future Mrs SB that wants the ride on mower. I don't mind sending her out to push the petrol one around for an hour or so!!!
Title: Re: Death to the bees
Post by: doganjo on July 14, 2009, 12:01:02 am: If I could get off with animals instead of mowing I would - just too near the village and passers by - they'd probably get the RSPCG onto me ;D ;D ;D